Men and women are different. Our choices can develop over time. However, women are biologically different. They have a small window to reproduce. And it's during that small window where we learn what they are truly attracted to. When Ciara was young and fertile she wanted to get seeded up by a man like Future not Russ. It's only after she became old and less fertile than she settled for the beta male provider.
Women have a clear mating strategy. Get impregnated by the alpha then make the beta raise his seed. Ciara didn't grow or mature. She just moved from part A of her mating strategy to part B. Millions of women do the same thing (albeit not at the same level as Ciara). It's not growth. It's biology. When women are young they almost all like one type of man. The alpha male bad boy. Then after they get used and abused by these guys they settle down with the betas. We're making fun of Russ because he doesn't see the game for what it is.
Her first boyfriend was Bow Wow pedobear.